Sale v Leicester: Teams
Sale and Leicester will bolster their squads with a host of internationals for the visit of their Guinness Premiership clash.
Last Updated: 28/11/08 2:37pm
Sale will bolster their squad with a host of internationals for the visit of Leicester in the Guinness Premiership.
Mathew Tait, a frustrated spectator for England in the autumn internationals, will partner Luke McAlister in midfield, while Sebastian Chabal and Jason White return to the pack.
"After last weeks win at Wasps it is important that keep up the pressure on the top four clubs," said Sale's director of rugby Philippe Saint Andre.
"We welcome back several players this week but Leicester have a strong squad and showed this last week when they beat Harlequins.
"Games between Sale Sharks and Leicester Tigers are always keenly contested and tomorrow evening's game will be no exception."
Meanwhile Leicester will welcome back a quartet of internationals for their trip to Sale - with Geordan Murphy, Seru Rabeni, Jordan Crane and Marcos Ayerza all available.
However former England prop Julian White has been ruled out after suffering an injury in training.
"We played well against Harlequins last week, especially in the first half, and that followed a good performance at Bath. Now we have to be consistent and look to improve week by week," said Tigers coach Heyneke Meyer.
Sale Sharks: 15 Rory Lamont, 14 Mark Cueto, 13 Mathew Tait, 12 Luke McAlister, 11 David Doherty, 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Richard Wigglesworth, 8 JM Fernandez Lobbe, 7 Neil Briggs, 6 Jason White, 5 Dean Schofield, 4 Sebastien Chabal, 3 Eifion Roberts, 2 Marc Jones, 1 Lionel Faure.
Replacements: 16 Stuart Turner, 17 Rob O'Donnell, 18 Brent Cockbain, 19 David Tait, 20 Dwayne Peel, 21 Chris Bell, 22 Andy Tuilagi.
Leicester Tigers: 15 Geordan Murphy, 14 Johne Murphy, 13 Seru Rabeni, 12 Aaron Mauger, 11 Matt Smith, 10 Derick Hougaard, 9 Julien Dupuy, 8 Jordan Crane, 7 Lewis Moody, 6 Brett Deacon, 5 Ben Kay, 4 Martin Corry (c), 3 Dan Cole, 2 George Chuter, 1 Marcos Ayerza.
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Santiago Bonorino, 18 Marco Wentzel, 19 Craig Newby, 20 Ben Youngs, 21 Tom Varndell, 22 Scott Hamilton.